Samira Ibrahim and Rasha Abdel-Rahman were arrested for taking part in a mass protest during the Egyptian popular revolution in 2011. They were detained by Egyptian military officials, beaten, and subjected to electroshocks and forced genital examinations without explanation.
REDRESS is delighted to announce that Rupert Skilbeck, Litigation Director at Open Society Justice Initiative, is to become its new director, effective 1 February 2018. Rupert will succeed Dr Carla Ferstman, who has been with REDRESS for the past 17 years and has been its Director since 2004. Rupert comes… Read More
REDRESS is today releasing a legal opinion drafted by senior counsel, that finds that imprisoned British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been arbitrarily deprived of her liberty and has been subjected to grave violations of her human rights by Iran.The UK Government, who has received the legal opinion, has yet… Read More
REDRESS works to support torture survivors to obtain justice and reparation. Our work in support of survivors of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment is only possible because of the donations we receive from members of the public. We are always looking for people to help us raise… Read More
REDRESS is appalled that Iranian authorities have re-opened the case against British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with three additional charges. She faces an additional 16 years in prison. Nazanin was brought before court yesterday and informed of new charges brought forward by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The charges are linked… Read More
Letter to Nicholas Hopton comes ahead of major Europe-Iran business meeting in Zurich. Mr Hopton urged to call for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi’s release. Amnesty International and REDRESS have written to the UK’s Ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton, urging him to press for the release of two Britons jailed… Read More
This letter, authored by REDRESS and Amnesty International UK, urged the UK Ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton, to press for the release of two dual nationals arbitrarily detained in Iran, ahead of the 4th Europe-Iran Forum business conference series that took place in 2017 in Zurich at which he was… Read More
Les parties civiles devant la Cour Pénale Spéciale (« CPS ») sont victimes de violations graves du droit international. Par conséquent, les réparations symboliques ou morales, à elles seules, ne sont pas suffisantes pour remédier au préjudice subi. Le Règlement de procédure et preuve («RPP ») risquerait d’être en contradiction avec le… Read More